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• The Cloverleaf Duathlon is a two-mile run, 10-mile bike, and a two-mile run, Saturday at 8 a.m. at the Riverwood Plantation in Evans. Cost is $40 for individuals, $60 for a team of two, and $70 for a team of three, with prices increasing $10 on race day. Register at any Family Y or at www.thefamilyy.org. Contact Shonna Sargent at ssargent@thefamilyy.org.

Parents don’t want to see these professionals in action at high school sporting events, but licensed athletic trainers are always ready if needed.

Jessica Kirby, part of the sports medicine team at Doctors Hospital and the athletic trainer at Grovetown High School since it opened, wants to make sure there are no misconceptions about what athletic trainers do.

“We do more than tape ankles,” she said. “We do more than provide water at practice and we work more than football.”

Girls high school basketball in Columbia County has come a long way over the past few years. The hard work being put in by a great group of coaches on the high school level, coupled with more young girls playing the summer circuit, is starting to pay off in the win column.

Thursday was tough, yet encouraging for the Lakeside High School boys lacrosse team.

With only three seniors on the squad, the Panthers faced a Hammond Skyhawks team ranked as the No. 2 team in South Carolina. The Panthers held leads of 4-3 and 5-4 in the fourth period, but couldn’t close it out, losing to the Skyhawks 6-5.

• Register for the Great Wesley Chase 5KRun/Walk and Fun Run on March 16 beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church, 825 North Belair Road in Evans. Early registration deadline is today. Fun run cost is $12; Augusta Striders Club, student and military cost is $17. After today cost is $25. All proceeds will go to two Afghan children through Solace for the Children. Go to www.wesleyumc.net.